Slime Tubes
paulbox
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I popped in to Halfrauds last night to pick up a couple of spare tubes and decided to give the slime filled tubes a go. Swapped them out last night, bike didn't feel any different this morning...
Anybody got any experience of using these?
Effective or waste of money???
Bike is a GT hardtail MB with Schwalbe City Jet tyres fitted
Anybody got any experience of using these?
Effective or waste of money???
Bike is a GT hardtail MB with Schwalbe City Jet tyres fitted
XC: Giant Anthem X
Fun: Yeti SB66
Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets
Fun: Yeti SB66
Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets
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waste of money, don't seal decent sized holes and tend to make a huge sticky mess, not to mention you cannot puncture them.
If you want sealant and to absolutely prevent punctures use a relatively puncture proof tyre run tubeless. Or just run tubeless.0 -
Bugger...
Thanks though, I'll run them until they need replacing.XC: Giant Anthem X
Fun: Yeti SB66
Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets0 -
heavy and not at all effective0
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bought two of them and both of them are in the bin! the slime meant that the valve wouldn't close and thus seal properly, so they kept going flat0
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I might get the boxes out of the bin and take them back...XC: Giant Anthem X
Fun: Yeti SB66
Road: Litespeed C1, Cannondale Supersix Evo, Cervelo R5
Trainer: Bianchi via Nirone
Hack: GT hardtail with Schwalbe City Jets0 -
i was a newbie a year ago. tried to rum gatorskins with slime. kind of worked but still got weekly punctures all through last winter. have just put marathon pluses on and i have not had a puncture in six months. no slime. i should have known, towards the end of last winter i was helped out by a seasoned cyclist (in his sixties) when i had a puncture. he had mps on. didnt think anything of it till i thought back and realised he didnt help me cos his pump didnt work and he had no punture kit. i think when you use mps thats kinda what happens .....punctures? What punctures?15 miles each way commuter (soon to be 20)
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http://www.strava.com/athletes/wyadvd0 -
going to tempt fate here but I've been running Gators and Conti's for the last 5 months; one visit so far but that was because I cycled over the shale outside the office.
What are you cycling on to get so many punctures? off road / cycle tracks / canal paths?0 -
ride_whenever wrote:waste of money, don't seal decent sized holes and tend to make a huge sticky mess, not to mention you cannot puncture them.
If you want sealant and to absolutely prevent punctures use a relatively puncture proof tyre run tubeless. Or just run tubeless.
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You can get tubeless tyres for bikes?0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:ride_whenever wrote:waste of money, don't seal decent sized holes and tend to make a huge sticky mess, not to mention you cannot puncture them.
If you want sealant and to absolutely prevent punctures use a relatively puncture proof tyre run tubeless. Or just run tubeless.
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You can get tubeless tyres for bikes?
Edit: eg: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Hutch ... 360050116/0 -
I run slime tubes on two bikes, and gators on one. Touch wood, I've not had a puncture in a couple of years.0
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yeah stupid cycle track made of crushed granite of all things!15 miles each way commuter (soon to be 20)
http://www.endomondo.com/profile/756236
http://www.strava.com/athletes/wyadvd0 -
yeah stupid cycle track made of crushed granite of all things!15 miles each way commuter (soon to be 20)
http://www.endomondo.com/profile/756236
http://www.strava.com/athletes/wyadvd0